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Hello all, I am new here. My father was taking Aricept and Namenda at night but had to switch the Aricept to the AM due to all the nightmares an walking around, hallucinations. I have one question, my parents are still married and live together. They both work (family business). They have medicare and then the the coverage for the meds. They were just told that they have a $2500 max. It will only cover him through May. After that, it's all out-of-pocket. That's almost $600 a month for the meds. They can't pay that. How does everybody else do it?
Any other insurances to get, they have "AdvantraRX". Has anybody ordered generics from Canada? Are they reliable?
Thank you all,
Mariana
 
Posts: 4 | Location?: Houston, Texas | Registered: May 15, 2008Edit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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I don't know about generics from Canada, but I have been buying my prescription eyedrops for glaucoma through a Canadian pharmacy for several years. You can even do a price comparison for the same drug from different countries, and then specify the one you want to order from:

http://www.pharmacychecker.com/

I've been getting the best prices through:

http://www.CrossBorderPharmacy.com/

The savings have deteriorated somewhat since the dollar lost value, but I'm still finding major price differences among countries (and also within the U.S.).

--C
 
Posts: 16 | Location?: Santa Cruz, CA area | Registered: November 03, 2007Edit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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I just wanted to let you know canadian drugs are great..my dad had the same problem of being in the coverage gap, so after checking many plans and canadian sites we were able to go to $450 a month to $425 for 3 months. All the drugs were of course generic but there have not been any problems with them. It is kind of a pain getting started and you have to plan ahead some drugs take a couple of weeks but I believe it is well worth it. Also have you checked Walmart? 3 of his meds are now only $4 there. Checkout GetCanadianDrugs.com I found them to be the cheapest. Good Luck;-0


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Posts: 22 | Location?: Carrollton,TX | Registered: April 06, 2008Edit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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